Kilobit
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A unit of digital information equal to one thousand bits, used to measure data transfer rates and storage capacity.
“Early modems transmitted data at only a few kilobits per second, making downloads painfully slow.”
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kbitkb
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Wordle
Compound KILO+BIT, K at the start and ends in -IT, contains familiar component words
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K (5 pts) and B (3 pts), a technical term valid in Scrabble, 7 letters with decent scoring
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